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Hilltop castle with Norman towers, and cattle at sunset

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1782-1842

Title

Hilltop castle with Norman towers, and cattle at sunset

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite and watercolour with some scratching out on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 37.6 cm
Width: 25.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.108

Mode of Acquisition

William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Spink & Son (London); William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967

Exhibition History

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968

English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe
Spooner
, Harrogate, 1968

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 107
ill. on p. 246

English Water-Colours: Memorial Exhibition to William Wycliffe Spooner, Harrogate, 1968
cat. no. 59

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 63

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, the 2nd line mostly erased: "John Sell Cotman / Varley".

Collector's mark: none.

Label: Removed (in object file), inv. no. in red ink, price in graphite, rest printed or typed in black ink: "K3/1473 / [coat of arms, with motto "DIEU ET MON DROIT"] £285/-/- / BY APPOINTMENT / MEDALLISTS / SPINK & SON LTD. / Est. 1772 / ARTIST: J.S. COTMAN (1782-1842) / SUBJECT: A Castle with two Norman / towers & cattle. (c. 1805 to 1808) / SIZE: 14" x 9 1/2". / 5, 6, 7, King Street, St. James's, S.W.1 / Tel: WHI. 5275 (4 lines.) Cables: SPINK, LONDON. //".

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